Pr

ospectofav
iat
iont
rai
ningi
nbangl
adesh

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Asanew nat i
onaf terthel iberationwar   thecommer ci
alav iati
onofbangl adeshhasgoti ts
beginingwi thacommer cialjet r eceivedasagi ft.Now t hattinybegi ninghast urnedi ntoa
mammot hone.Al argenumberofpeopl ear ewor kingint hisemer gingsect or .
Thepeopl eswho
suppor tancommer ci
alairli
necomef rom di fferentbackgr ounds( academi candpr ofessional)
.
Justl i
keanyot heror ganisat i
ont herewoul dbesomedepar t
ment si .e.managementbody ,
admi nistrat
ion,fli
ghtoper ations,pr ocurement ,account s,mar ketingandsal es,engi neering,et
c.
Butunl i
keconv entionalor ganisat ionanai rlineshav et ohav eawor kfor cewhoar ecapabl e
enought ocompet eati nternationalar ena.As av erycosti ntensiv ebusi ness,  ai rl
i
nesneedt o
showt heirprofessional i
sm, supr emequal i
tyandcompet i
tiveedgei nev er yaspectofoper ati
on.
This can be achi eved t hrough i nstigat i
ng wor k et hics, pr omot i
ng cul t
ur e of
i
nnov ation,r
ecogni tionandgoodgov er
nance.Suchabi l
it
yt opr omot eanyempl oy eet obecome
ar equiredwor kforcecanbeachi evedbysomei nstiti
ons/ methods i .
e.t r aini
ngcent r
e,quali
ty
system( ISO9001: 2008, ISO14000, OHSAS18000, managementv isionandmi ssi on,etc.Among
al
lt heseonl yt r
ainingcent re(i
nhouse/outhouse)canhav eani mpactt hati sper petualand
commensur atewi tht hedifferentneedandconst rains.Skill
, at
ti
tudeandexper iencehel ponet o
decidet hedi versear easofi nt erestt o bet ouched,putunderscr ut i
nyand mi ti
gation of
conundr ums.Ai nst i
tuti
onal helpneeded t obet heretocol laborateandcor robor atethisef for
t.

Thisemergi
ngmar ketofav iationneedt ohaveancentreofexcell
encethatwi llpavewayf orall
the people wor king i n av iat
ion i ndust
ry. The manager s,
  super v i
sors, general-
employees,
engineers, t
echni ci
ansal lneedtohaveaplacetoshareandcont r
ibute.Thetraini
ng
centr
ecandel i
vertrainingtai l
oredf orv ar
iousi
ntakebatchesofempl oyees,adaptati
onofnew
ormodifi
edprocessev olut
ion, promot einnovat
ionandprovidebr
eeding groundf ordi
sruptors.

Asanewsect ort hegrowt hofav i

ationsectorwasnotuni form.Pr acti
cal
lythesect orr ecentl
y
fl
our i
shedont hebi gspendi ngbythenativeconsumer s.Butt ocopewi t
htheincr easi
ngpr i
ceof
fuel,ai rcr
aft component ,f orei
gn exper t(
inf inance,audi t and engi neering)and l ack of
homegr owncapaci ty(i
nhousekeepi ng,i
nv entory,engineeri
ng,market i
ng)t
hel ocalairl
inesneed
somemechani sm.Ot herwisethebubbl eofgl it
terwi l
lburst.Topr omot easuat ai
nablegr owth
totalav ait
ionsect orneedsomer ehabli
tati
on;whi chcanbest artedbyput ti
ngacent reof
excellencei nt hemi ddle.A cent r
eofexcel lencewi l
lgivespacef orCAAB,l ocalai rl
ines,
mai nt
enanceor ganisat
ions,travelagents,groundser viceprov i
ders,etctomi ngleandshar e
i
deast oaccel erat
egr owt h.Itcouldbeunderanynamei nt hef orm ofuni versi
ty,instit
ute,
researchcent r
eorexper iencecentre.
 

Whyweneedsuchi
nit
iat
ive?and 

Whatar
etheout
comesofsuchi
nit
iat
ive?
 

Asoft
odayt
heski
l
l,knowl
edgeandexper
iencei
nav
iat
ionar
eaar
escat
ter
edl
i
kear
chi
pel
agoi
n
dif
ferentindi
v i
duals,organisati
on.When t hese person oror ganisat
ion di
ssol
ve due to
ret
irementorf i
nancialwoes,al lt
hei
rcapabil
iti
esal sodri
esout .Butt hesearethewealthof
avi
at i
on sect
ori n Bangladesh.Besides on regul
arbasi sat r
aining cent
re wi
thits many
departmentsandi ncol l
aborati
onwithpracti
calar eascancr eat
eani ncept
ionofideas.The
successi
v etr
ainingwi l
lfostergrowt
hev entuall
y.Tr ai
ningcent rescanpr ovi
deanar eafor
l
earning,
debate,ret
enti
onofi deaswhi
chultimatelypromoteinnovation.
 

Recentl
yapr omi si
ngmar ketforhelicopterandprivatej etisbei
ngv iabl
e.Thecompani es
owningthosehelicoptersf i
ndi
ngitexpensi veandtroublesomewhent heyneedtotr
aintheir
manpowerpar ti
cularl
ytechnicalst
affs.Acent r
eofexcel lencewouldalwayshelptofaci
l
itate
thetr
ansferofski
ll,knowledgeandrequiredcert
ifi
cat
ionint hi
saspectaswell.
    
 

Theout comeofacent r
eofexcel l
encei smani f
old.Fornewbi e'sit
sagoodgr oundt ost ar
twith
thepr ocessandenv ir
onmentt heyar egoi ngtof ace.Forexisti
ngav iati
on personnelitwoul dbe
apl acet ol earnnew i deas( t
rends/ cult
ure),recalloldunder standi
ngs,shar etheirthoughtson
ambi gousar easandpr ojectont hef utureout comes.Somet i
mesdi fferentorganisati
onwi shto
promot e new met hods i nt he pr ocess f or optimizati
on or i ncrease of ef fi
ciency or
reprogr ammi ngofpr ocessoradopt ionofnew/ol dmet hods,etc.Suchanappr oachcanbeput
touseaspi l
otpr oject(
s).Acent r
eofexcel l
encewoul dactasaf aci
lit
atortoexpedi t
ethingsfor
thator ganisations.Bycol laborati
on, suchcent rehast hetime,meansandeager nesstof acethe
hardshi ptoi mpl ementt hepr ocess.Acent reofexcel lencewoul dal l
owal lt
hest akeholdersto
promot etheircollecti
veandi ndi v
idual i
nterest.

Howal
lpar
tygetbenef
itf
rom suchcent
re(uni
ver
sit
y/i
nst
it
ute/
resear
chcent
re)
? 

BimanandCAABhasi tsownt rai

ningcent
re(BATCandCATCr especti
vel)whichcaterfortheir
respecti
veneeds.Otherairli
nesal
socomet othesetr
aini
ngcent r
esf orthei
rindi
vidualneed(i
.e.
engineeri
ng,cabi
ncrew, groundsupport
,r
egulator
yaspects)
.Theset rai
ningcentrehasdi f
fer
ent
accredit
ati
onsuchasCAAB,EASA,SARI ,I
ATAet c.Whenallthesef acil
i
tieswouldcomeunder
anumbr ell
aitwouldprovideahostofnewoppor t
uni
ti
es. 

Bimanhast helargestcol l
ectionofabi l
i
t i
es(skil
l,
knowl edge,asset)
neededt oleadsuchi nti
ative
butst i
llitwouldnotbeenought ocreat eahol i
sticappr oach.Thei ntroducti
onofanwor l
d
standard such as EASA( Eur opean av iati
on saf ety agency )i n par
t147( t
rai
ning or g.
)and
SARI (
south asian regionali nit
iati
ve)part145( maint.Or g.
)gav e Biman an edge ov erot her
stakeholders.
 Ifbimanasal eadercanf indal lotherstakehol der
s(CAAB, otherai r
li
nes,trav el
gents,groundsuppor tcompani es)inthist ogethert henauni quecombi nati
onwi llbeachi ved.
Everyper son orresour cet hatwi llprovet obet hebestcanbeput  i nf r
ontsoast ocreat e
diff
erentdepar t
ment s( avi
at i
onmanagement ,avi
at i
onsecur i
ty,engineer i
ng,planning,suppl y
chain,cust omer ser v i
ce,
oper ations,av i
ation qual it
y cont r
ol and audi ti
ng and av ition
regulat
ion)oftheUni versi
ty.Ast epofsuchmagni tudewoul dcreateasust ainableandr obust
approachf orfutur
epar tnerships  amongdi fferentuniversi
ties,air
li
nesandai rcraftassembl ers
/manuf cturer
es. 
Vi
ssi
onsassoci
atedwi
thav
iat
ionuni
ver
sit
ybyav
iat
ionpr
ofessi
onal
sinv
olv
edi
nbusi
ness:

Whenthereisapublicoutcryr
egardi
nginvesti
gat
ionofani nci
dentorsomeuniquesit
uat
ion
whenthecompetentpersonnel
scannotagreeonar emedyforsomeaircr
afti
ssue;weneedto
seekhel
pf r
om abroad.Acentreofexcell
encewoul dcreat
eanenv ir
onmentwhichinfut
ure
makeuscapabl
eenought ofacesuchchal
lenges.

weobv i
ousl
ywi shtomanuf act
ureini
ti
all
ypar
ts,consumables,
 component sandevent
ual
l
y
ai
rbor
nev ehi
cles(dr
ones,aircr
aft
s,rocket
sandsatell
it
es) .Suchambi ti
onshoul
dhav ea
begi
nni
ng(thr
oughthispr
oject)t
hatcanaccommodateandfosteraspi
rat
ions.